Further, the emphasis on relationships led school leaders to take additional steps to improve school culture, such as by giving students greater voice
in classroom decision making and encouraging teachers to take on new leadership roles.
We envisage these activities sitting alongside and complementing the day - to - day assessments that teachers make to
inform classroom decision making and to provide ongoing feedback to students and parents.
Kristen DiCerbo of education publisher Pearson discusses the company's recent research into designing data dashboards that better
support classroom decision - making.
Along with college and career readiness curriculum standards and upgraded data systems to better
guide classroom decisions, the Obama administration made teacher evaluation a centerpiece of its K - 12 education agenda almost from the start.
The federal government's role should be discrete and judicious, allowing state and local policymakers to make day to
day classroom decisions about the education students are receiving.
Nevertheless, research does show that teacher beliefs influence
their classroom decisions, so it is not a wild notion to suppose that accurate beliefs about how children learn will lead to better classroom decisions than inaccurate beliefs will.
Rather, says Schnur, the yearlong training program emphasizes three core principles: All children can excel academically and behaviorally; principals are instructional leaders;
classroom decisions should be driven by data.
How do you apply research about teacher effectiveness in
your classroom decisions?
Every classroom decision should be made by asking what the best option for the students is.
Pre - and postobservation conversations provide an opportunity for a teacher to talk in depth about his or her logic in making
classroom decisions, Frisinger says.